Paste Magazine's 100 Best Albums [2006]
## 1. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
## 2. The Hold Steady - Boys and Girls in America
## 3. Joanna Newsom - Ys
## 4. TV on the Radio - Return to Cookie Mountain
## 5. Sonic Youth - Rather Ripped
## 6. Cat Power – The Greatest
## 7. Midlake - Trials of Van Occupanther
## 8. Gomez - How We Operate
## 9. M Ward – Post War
## 10. The Long Winters - Putting the Days to Bed
## 11. Bob Dylan - Modern Times
## 12. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
## 13. Josh Ritter - The Animal Years
## 14. Beck - The Information
## 15. Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins – Rabbit Fur Coat
## 16. Pete Yorn - Nightcrawler
## 17. Yo La Tengo - I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass
## 18. Califone - Roots & Crowns
## 19. Joseph Arthur - Nuclear Daydream
## 20. Beirut – Gulag Orkestar
## 21. Paul Simon - Surpise
## 22. Mastodon - Blood Mountain
## 23. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - The Letting Go
## 24. Mates of State - Bring it Back
## 25. Luke Doucet - Broken and Other Rogue States
## 26. Camera Obscura – Let’s Get Out of This Country
## 27. Hem - Funnel Cloud
## 28. Gnarls Barkley - St. Elsewhere
## 29. Jackie Greene - American Myth
## 30. Van Hunt - On The Jungle Floor
## 31. My Brightest Diamond - Bring Me The Workhorse
## 32. Kate York - Sadlylove
## 33. Man Man - Six Demon Bag
## 34. Johnny Cash - American V
## 35. The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers
## 36. Damien Dempsey - Shots
## 37. Mark Knopfler and Emmylou Harris - All the Roadrunning
## 38. Roman Candle - The Wee Hours Review
## 39. Destroyer – Destroyer’s Rubies
## 40. Ghostface Killah - Fishscale
## 41. Corinne Bailey Rae - Corinne Bailey Rae
## 42. Nellie McKay – Pretty Little Head
## 43. The Thermals - The Body, the Blood, the Machine
## 44. Liars - Drums Not Dead
## 45. Willie Nelson - Songbird
## 46. The Roots – Game Theory
## 47. Manchester Orchestra - I'm Like a Virgin Losing a Child
## 48. Built To Spill - You In Reverse
## 49. Phoenix – It’s Never Been Like That
## 50. Jeremy Enigk - World Waits
## 51. Damien Jurado - Now That I'm In Your Shadow
## 52. Beth Orton - Comfort of Strangers
## 53. Pernice Brothers - Live a Little
## 54. Calexico - Garden Ruin
## 55. The Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
## 56. Benevento Russo Duo - Play Pause Stop
## 57. Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra - Boulevard de l'Independence
## 58. Junior Boys - So This is Goodbye
## 59. Ratatat - Classics
## 60. Josh Rouse - Subtítulo
## 61. Jim Noir – Tower of Love
## 62. Guillemots - Through the Broken Window
## 63. Hot Chip – The Warning
## 64. Nicolai Dunger - Here's My Song
## 65. Belle and Sebastian – The Life Pursuit
## 66. Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
## 67. Bill Mallonee – Permafrost
## 68. Archie Bronson Outfit - Derdang Derdang
## 69. Danielson – Ships
## 70. Tobias Froberg – Somewhere in the City
## 71. KT Tunstall - Eye to the Telescope
## 72. My Morning Jacket - Okonokos
## 73. Ray Lamontagne - Till The Sun Turns Black
## 74. Thom Yorke – The Eraser
## 75. John Mayer - Continuum
## 76. Swan Lake - Beast Moans
## 77. Brazilian Girls - Talk To La Bomb
## 78. Peter and the Wolf - Lightness
## 79. Grizzly Bear – Yellow House
## 80. Ben Kweller - Ben Kweller
## 81. T.I. - King
## 82. Be Your Own Pet - Be Your Own Pet
## 83. Loose Fur - Born Again in the USA
## 84. Todd Snider - The Devil You Know
## 85. Starlight Mints - Drowaton
## 86. Los Lobos - The Town and the City
## 87. Brightblack Morning Light - Brightblack Morning Light
## 88. James Hunter - People Gonna Talk
## 89. Band of Horses - Everything All The Time
## 90. The Flaming Lips - At War With the Mystics
## 91. Justin Timberlake - FutureSex/LoveSounds
## 92. Girl Talk - Night Ripper
## 93. Sunset Rubdown - Shut Up I Am Dreaming
## 94. Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions
## 95. The Mountain Goats – Get Lonely
## 96. Fiery Furnaces - Bitter Tea
## 97. Figurines - Skeleton
## 98. Viva Voce - Get Yr Blood Sucked Out
## 99. The Dears - Gang of Losers
## 100. The Old Ceremony - Our One Mistake
Missing:
* 1 Decemberists
* 2 Hold Steady
* 3 Joanna Newsom
* 4 TV on the Radio
* 6 Cat Power
* 7 Midlake
* 8 Gomez
* 9 M Ward
* 10 Long Winters
* 13 Josh Ritter
* 18 Califone
* 19 Joseph Arthur
* 20 Beirut
* 23 Bonnie "Prince" Billy
* 24 Mates of State
* 25 Luke Doucet
* 26 Camera Obscura
* 27 Hem
* 29 Jackie Greene
* 30 Van Hunt
* 31 My Brightest Diamond
* 32 Kate York
* 33 Man Man
* 36 Damien Dempsey
* 38 Roman Candle
* 39 Destroyer
* 44 Liars
* 47 Manchester Orchestra
* 48 Built To Spill
* 49 Phoenix
* 50 Jeremy Enigk
* 51 Damien Jurado
* 53 Pernice Brothers
* 54 Calexico
* 56 Benevento Russo Duo
* 57 Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra
* 58 Junior Boys
* 59 Ratatat
* 60 Josh Rouse
* 61 Jim Noir
* 62 Guillemots
* 63 Hot Chip
* 64 Nicolai Dunger
* 67 Bill Mallonee
* 68 Archie Bronson Outfit
* 69 Danielson
* 70 Tobias Froberg
* 72 My Morning Jacket
* 73 Ray Lamontagne
* 76 Swan Lake
* 77 Brazilian Girls
* 78 Peter and the Wolf
* 79 Grizzly Bear
* 83 Loose Fur
* 84 Todd Snider
* 85 Starlight Mints
* 87 Brightblack Morning Light
* 88 James Hunter
* 89 Band of Horses
* 92 Girl Talk
* 93 Sunset Rubdown
* 95 Mountain Goats
* 97 Figurines
* 98 Viva Voce
* 99 Dears
* 100 Old Ceremony
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